Saturday, November 03, 2012

Barack Obama gets Colin Powell's endorsement, Mitt Romney will be getting a full page ad in the Washington Times on Monday signed by nearly 500 former military Admirals and Generals endorsing Romney for President, according to The Washington Free Beacon.

The group will post a full page ad in the Washington Times
on Monday. The advertisement will have the headline, “We, the
undersigned, proudly support Governor Mitt Romney as our nation’s next
President and Commander-in-Chief,” followed by the names of the former
military commanders.

A spokesman for the group emphasized its
independence from the official campaign. The Romney campaign has not
sanctioned this ad buy, a spokesman said, and the members of the group
are paying the fee themselves.

The spokesman added that 389 of the individuals on
the list are on the Romney Military Advisory Council, too. The Romney
campaign has already announced these individuals’ endorsement.

“They have 389 on their list,” the spokesman said, while “we have almost 500.”

On October 17, 2012, Mitt Romney released a long list (359) of former Admirals and Generals as his "Members Of Romney For President Military Advisory Council," found HERE.

Comparison: Former military endorsements for Obama and Romney: (H/T PJ Tatler)

The Blaze captured a screen shot of an advance copy of the ad, shown below:

"We devoted our lives to the defense
and security of our nation and feel the Obama administration is not serving us
well in this regard," another of those listed, Stan Smith, Brigadier General,
USAF Retired wrote in a note accompanying the ad.